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proliferation

[pruh-lif-uh-rey-shuhn] / prəˌlɪf əˈreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
increase
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The seemingly limitless proliferation of cases in which lawyers have been caught letting fictitious AI-generated legal citations contaminate their briefs continues to amaze.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

We’re still waiting for the 15-hour workweek and for people to start retiring by 40 thanks to the proliferation of computers, as some predicted in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

These changes were accompanied by inflammation, DNA damage, and increased cell proliferation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

"Meta must do more to address the proliferation of deceptive AI-generated content on its platforms... so that users can distinguish between what is real and fake", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Within a galaxy are stars and worlds and, it maybe, a proliferation of living things and intelligent beings and spacefaring civilizations.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan